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LIFT PUMP.

Patented Mar. 30, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. J. ARNOLD, OF STILESVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO LOUISA E. ARNOLD, OF SAME PLACE.

LIFT-PUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,687, dated March 30, 1886.

' Application filed January '7, 1886. Serial No. 187,903. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. J. ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stilesvi'lle, in the county of Hendricks and State of 5 Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lift-Pumps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in pumps; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation ofa pump embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

A represents a wooden pump-stock, which is composed of the sections a and the coupling a, any suitable number of these sections and couplings being employed, according to the depth of the well or cistern in which the pump is to be used. To the lower end of the lower section is secured a sleeve or extension, the inside diameter ofwhich is larger than the bore 5 of the pump-stock sections. The sleeve or extension is provided with a depending open box or support, B, that rests on the bottom of the well or cistern to support the pump-stock. Iron bands a are secured on the upper section, the coupling, and the sleeve to prevent them from swelling and cracking. This construc tion of the pump-stock renders it readily detachable at will.

The upper end of the pump-stock is secured to a platform, 0, that covers the mouth of the well or cistern, and from the upper end of the pump-stock above the platform extends a discharge-spout, D, which is preferably formed of a metallic tube bent in the form shown. The mouth of the spout is interiorly screwthreaded, to receive a threaded coupling, 1), to which a flexible tube, a, is attached, as shown in Fig. 2. This tube and coupling may be detached from the spout when not needed. The tube may also be secured to the spout in any other suitable manner.

E represents a hollow cylindrical standard, which is open at its upper and lower ends, is secured to the platform, and extends through an opening made therein, and serves to ventilate the cistern or well. Thelower end of the standard projects below the platform, and is secured in an opening made through a box, E, that is secured to the lower side of the platform by means of nails or screws. A bolt, 0, passes through the upper end of the pumpstock and through the box E. and thus clamps the said box and the upper end of the pumpstock together. The standard E has an iron or metallic ring or band, 6, and brace-rods e, that are secured to the said ring or band, and have their lower ends bolted to the platform, to securely brace the standard.

In the pump-stock, either in the coupling a or at any other convenient point, is located an upwardly-opening valve, F.

G represents a hollow cylindrical bucket, which fits in the bore of the extension or sleeve a at the lower end of the pumpstock, and is provided with the usual packing, g, to cause it to fit snugly therein. The lower end of this bucket is beveled or cut away at one side, as shown, and at the upper end of the bucket is an upwardly-opening valve, H. By thus cutting away the lower end of the bucket G on one side the water is readily admitted as the bucket is lowered, and the bucket is prevented from drawing water directly from the bottom of the well, which it might do if the water entered the bucket only from its lower end. This construction of the bucket is also advantageous, as it affords a convenient means for attaching the lower end of the pump-rod, as pointed out hereinafter.

On one side of the pump-stock is a guidingkeeper, K, through which passes a pump-rod, N, which works alongside and on the outside of the pump-stock, and has its lower end attached to the lower end of the bucket G by a bolt, L, a block, 0, being interposed between the pump-rod and the bucket.

In the upper end of the standard E is fulcrumed a pump lever or handle, M, to one end of which is attached the upper end of the pumprod.

Just below the platform the pump-stock has a horizontal opening that communicates with the bore, and in this opening is placed aplug,

P, having an enlarged head, P, and a vertieal, opening, 19, made in the upper side thereof.

the pin S, to release the plug, and openingthe trap-door the plug can be drawn out, to pprmit the escape of the water in the dischargespout and the upper end of the pump-stock, to prevent it from freezing in cold weather.

The lower end of the pump stock is submerged. WVhen the pump-rod is operated, a continuous stream of water is elevated and forced through-the spout.

By providing the bucket in the lower end of the pump-stock, and having the pump-rod rior diameter, and provided with the depending open box B, the reciprocating hollow valved bucket in the extension a, and having its lower end cut or beveled away on one side, for the purposes set forth, the transverse bolt L, passed through thelower end of the bucket, and the pump-rod having its lower end attached to the projecting outer end of the said bolt and working alongside the pump-stock, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the pump-stock having the discharge-spout at its upper end, the ,valve F, and the bucket G, working in the bore of the pump-stock at the lower end thereof, with the box E, the bolt 6, 'secu'ring the said box to the upper end of the pump-stock, the open-ended ventilating-tube E, having its lower end secured in the box E, and the lever M, fulcrumed in'the'upper end of the ventilating-tube, and the rod N, passing alongside the pump-stock and connecting the lever M and the valved bucket G, to operate the latter, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. J. ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

GIDEoN B. PRUITT,

J AMES B. PRUITT. 

